Situations that present individuals with a conflict between local and global gains often evoke
a behavioral pattern known as melioration—a preference for immediate rewards over higher …

How can we study bounded rationality? We answer this question by proposing rational task
analysis (RTA)—a systematic approach that prevents experimental researchers from …

In line with previous research, the evolution of social conventions is explored by n-way
coordination games. A convention is said to be established if decisions of all actors …

Experimental observations in iterated public goods games are explained by a simple but
empirically well-grounded model of long-term reinforcement learning. In many experiments …

Melioration learning is an empirically well-grounded model of reinforcement learning. By
means of computer simulations, this paper derives predictions for several repeatedly played …

We report the results of an experiment in which human subjects were trained to perform a
perceptual matching task. Subjects were asked to manipulate comparison objects until they …

Diese Dissertation trägt zu unserem Verständnis bei, wie Menschen in Situationen
entscheiden, in denen sie vielmehr Ströme von Entscheidungen als einzelne Handlungen …

Social phenomena are suggested to be explained by the matching law-an empirical
regularity of individual behaviour. While a considerable amount of psychological research …

Abstract (DE) Das Thema dieser Dissertation ist die Anwendung des „Matching Law” als
Verhaltensannahme bei der Erklärung sozialer Phänomene. Das „Matching Law” ist ein …

How can we study bounded rationality? We answer this question by proposing rational task
analysis (RTA)—a systematic approach that prevents experimental researchers from …